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Board approves personnel changes, budget and capital projects; full roll call on proposed 2025–26 budget
Summary
At its April meeting the West Chester Area School District board approved multiple personnel actions, adopted the teaching/learning and equity curriculum budget summary, approved the proposed final 2025–26 budget under the Act 1 timeline, and awarded several capital and food-service projects and contracts.
The West Chester Area School District Board of School Directors approved a slate of personnel changes, several capital-project awards and the district's proposed final budget for fiscal year 2025–26 during its April 28 meeting.
Key votes taken by the full board included approval of a video-based applicant screening tool, the addition and salary ranges for new Act 93 administrative positions, adjustments to work-year agreements for several coordinators and specialists, adoption of the Teaching, Learning and Equity curriculum summary budget, multiple capital project contract awards and the district's proposed final 2025–26 general fund budget under the Act 1 timeline.
Notable outcomes
- Purchase of VidCruiter applicant-video platform (vendor name in minutes shown as Vidcruiter/Bidcruder): motion passed; board discussion said the annual cost after a 20% discount would be reduced from $10,000 to $8,000 per year and the tool will be used for prescreening a large number of applicants.
- Creation of two shared elementary assistant principal positions (Act…
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